The Pilot Covers flfupswick County ^thirteen no Kelve Bulls Can Be Bought I By Dairymen j,. Way To Supply Milt Demand In Bruns m?ck Is To Raise Then from The Cows WhicI I Now Have In County 0S IMPORTANCE PUREBRED STOCK r;ity Of Milk Cows Anc I'j Shortage Makes It B'rtriotic Duty Of Cow Maimers To Breed Cow To Dairy Type Bull .. A7,,t J. E. Dodsoi I one or more Bruns rs take advantI or of the Willarc to sen some flW V ,,sey bulls. *, Director has ad I ison that he has .Us for sale at th< I These calves are al producing cows ant from one month tc ?- ces from $22.50 tc :: *.'ch is little more thar "i bring for veal or beef I they will grow intc for beef after being I two for breeding I price of milk cows I eery day and with " (vailable at any price ?': . way to supply even a I and in BrunsM* according to Mr 1- < to raise tHem from I , in the county. Tc res capable of mak os. a good purebred I bull must be used. The t milk cows and the f including canned I it the patriotic duty Ione owning a milk cow I to a good dairy type I the heifer calves. I - ably not a neighI he county where a I - type bull woit'd not I himself in service fees lr . ar after he becomes of C _ age Neil M. Thompson, I gan breeding his I . bull ten months ago pUs already collected more I _ust, in service fees. his neighbors anxiK breed their milk cows to f. . airy type bull and I t object to paying a I fee. I ills are cheaper and I mailable than Guern| tccording to Mr. Dodson L Experiment Station is . practically at cost, rurs :r. the county preferring rays will of course be asI ng them. After all, I difference in the I in milk production Imay be cross-bred withI -;tsI - to help produce milk ff"'J Peace by providIcalves with a daddy I - ttey will be pioud of. lay Apply Now I For Seed Loans locations for Emergency I Crop Loans Are Being I deceived In Columbus W Brunswick At PresI <3t I ations for emergency I loans) are now a- : in Columbus and P**ick Counties. The office I . County is located I annex, Whiteville, r Brunswick County office I J J. Hawcs* store. I :.t receiving start br appiiactions have also I :: these counties. I who arc in need I" crop production or (or the purI .etion of feed for I who have been unF obtain adequate financing sources, including a i lit association, at one of these offices. I now may inP? fun is for immediate disl r ' arly spring needs, t' th< preparation of land, I of fertiliser, or the P S of the. oarly food or feed I 1 by the Extension I the local County War I Department of Agt. Is to meet later Production expenses may be I *s needed. Kt"s'-n-y crops loans are E-. mers, either owners E..-' ?wn or can make K\ to obtain land to IJ ' "r have the use equipment with .form, and who can give ifyl'a 02 f^-e crops to be ^*?tnued on page ?) THI 742 Three B BOHp^ HH d I HI /m 'Hjfi MMbBh x l Three sons of Mr. and Mn armed forces. D. W. Hughes (le with the Navy on foreign duty, year-old sister, yi? three boys j j Exemption For j i Head Of Family i| ' Important Information Re' garding Possible Exemp1 tions In Connection With j Income Tax Payments ; A single person, or a married I [ person not living with husband or , | wife, is entitled to a personal exII emption of $1,200 for the year if , | he can quality as head of a fam ily. A head of family is "an indi | vidual who actually supports and maintains in one household one or ' more individuals who are closely 1 connected with him by blood re lataionship, relationship by marl riage or by adoption, and whose 1 right to exercise family control i I nn/1 nvmnrtA frtr fVtAOA dnnondotlt ' CtXlU piutiuc 1U1 uaot uv^/viiuv?k, ! individuals is based upon some moral or legal obligation." Examples of head of family status would be a widower or widow who maintained a home for a dependent child, or a son who j supported and maintained a | .. household for a dependent fatter1 or mother. In order to meet the ! test of actual support and mainj tenance as head of a family, the i benefactor must furnish more i than one-half of the support and j maintenance. The term "in one household" I ordinarily means under one roof, I but if a father is absent on busi-' ness or a child or other dependent is away at school, or on a visit, the common home being still maintained, the head of family exemption would still apply. Where a parent is obliged to maintain his dependent children with relatives or in a boarding house while he lives elsewhere, the additional exemption may still apply. If, however, without necessity, the dependent continuously makes his home elsewhere, his benefactor is not the head of a family irrespective of the question of support. The term "closely connected by blood relationship" applies to a person's progenitors and lineal descendants, to his brothers or sis(Contlnued On Page Four) Only Two Cases Tried In Court Only two cases were tried in Recorder's court here Monday. Charlie Skipper, white, was found not guilty of drunk driving. Cecil E. Lewis, white, was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. Given 6 months on the roads, judgment was suspended upon payment of costs and confiscation of the defendant's gun. Notice was given for 10-day stay of execution. Godwin Case S Story In Detec A holdup that cost the life | of Ira. Godwin, filling station operator near YVhitcville, opened an investigation which has been made the subject of a special article prepared for a national detective magazine. Murdered by a trio of killers in April, 1942, just as he was prepared to close his station for the night. Godwin did not live long enough to describe his assailants. But Sheriff Herman D. Stanley, following the slim trail of a spent .22 slug, needed no detailed description of the killers. The story of how Stanley pieced together the murder evidence along with evidence gleaned from other similar crimes to round up a ; quartet of youthful iieistcrs is told in the March issue of Dynamic Detective under the title, "Clue of the Missing 22." One of the youths is serving a five to seven year sentence in prison- now. The other three E ST A Goo 4 PAGES TODAY rothers in Armed mum . *w *> / 1L^? IP ft' : Hhp* ws .mmm i. < -$ > tW "ivP'JWIHM ? J&ara&X stigBHLd . , ri , !. W. Isaac Hughes of Ashe, Brunswicl ft) is with the Army in North Afri R. C. Hughes (right) is at a Naval 1 IE? tfcg qnly children q{ Mr. and Mn, Two Bills Intr Last We< 3KTW5?K. One Provides For Electioi Of Tax Collector O Brunswick County B; Popular Vote Of Th< Citizens OTHER HAS TO DO WITH PROPERTY Would Provide That Count) Owned Property Be Advertised For Sale Before It Could Be Disposed Of ByBoard Two bills were introduced las week in the lower house of th North Carolina General Assembl; by Representative W. J. McLamt one providing- for the election o a tax collector; the other to re quire the public advertisement o county property before a sale i made. Text of the two bills follows: HB 196: "To require the count; commissioners of Brunswicl County to sell county propert; only at public auction and afte giving notice." (Provides for ad vertisement, report of sale ti clerk Superior Court within I days, and resales upon filing o increased bids within 10 days. Sent to Committee on Counties Cities and Towns, January 27. HB 197: "To provide for thi election of a tax collector n Brunswick County, to fix the sal ary therefor, and to provide fo assistants." (Tax collector to b elected at general election in 194' and biennially thereafter. Salar; to be $2,400 per year plus $101 per year for travel expense. Col lector to nominate, and count; commissioners to appoint, in thei: discretion assistants and fix thei compensation.) Sent to Commit tee on Counties, Cities and Towns January 27. Several New Books Arrive List Of Additions Made Re' cently To Southport Pub' lie Library Announced Bj Librarian Several books have been addec recently to the shelves of the Southport Public Library. Thi! list includes: "The Dwelling Place of Light' ?Churchill; "Show Boat" ?Fer ber; "If Winter Comes"?Hutch' (Continued On Page Four) ubject For Big :tive Magazine have appealed the death sentences which were pronounced against them, and at the second trial here last week, two were sentenced to life imprisonment and the third given a five to seven year sentence, all at hard labor. "The Case of the Missing .22." embraces several pages of the detective thriller. Besides pictures of the four defendants, who were F. C. Bonner, 20, of Dekalb, Tex., Ollin Fowler, Jr., 19, of Dufort, S. C., Lonnie Melton Todd, 28, of Dufort, and Joe McDaniel, 18, also of Dufort, there is a large picture of Sheriff Stanley holding the two pistols allegedly used to send Mr. Godwin to his death, and another layout showing Corp. W. W. Carraway pointing to the place where the pistols were found. In addition, there are pictures of the Godwin Station at Brunswick, as well as a picture of the slain man himself. ATE d News paper. Southport, N. G., V i Services t County, are serving in the nation's ca. Thomas A. Hughes (center) is raining station. Except for a sevent39&?? oduced ik By McLamb _ f First White Baby [ In Fifteen Years Some 170 people live on Orr tion Plantation, 8 miles from | Southport, yet this week colored I employees of the place stated f | that James Arthur Ferger, who I was born January 10, was the | first white child born to parents j living on the plantation in 15 | years. Half a dozen white families t live on the plantation. They e have the average number of y children to a family, but the i, children were all born before f the parents moved to Orton. - The few white families who f proceeded them in living at Ors j ton had no children while they resided there. Colored women and girls are admirably adapted for the work in the spacious gardens and .1 nursery grounds at Orton. For this reason, colored families have always predominated there, .j The young man who is Orton's - first white baby in one and onej half decades is the son of Mr. ( and Mrs. James Ferger. Mr. Fergcr is manager of the plant' ation. . Junior Play To I Be Presented 3 "Baby Steps Out" Will Be Presented Friday Nighl f At Southport By Member: r Of ^Junior Class r "Baby Steps Out" will be pre:> sented by the junior class Fridaj evening at 8 o'clock in the Southport high school auidtorium. This is a three-act comedy filled witt laughs and thrills. Libby O'Brien plays the role , of "Baby", the youngest daugh' ter of Elmer Morris, W. A. Russ She is treated like a kid at home by her mother, Jessie Lancaster Mrs. Morris is trying to marry off Madge, her oldest daughter, ' Mary Helen Wescott, to Esker Maybanks, Ed Newton. "Baby" feels slighted and decides to do 1 something about it. A blonde, ' brunette, and a redhead, the 3 know-it-alls, complete the castMarion Fredere, Lorraine Hewette and Margie Hickman. The audience will be surprised " with some of the happenings when "Baby" decides to step out to get 1MIIII. DivW A I. ner jiuiii. jiivcn ?nmv vis Coffey, the bashful beau next door, is astonished at some of her actions. Tlie proceeds will go for the an! nual junior ? senior banquet which is to be held in the early spring. More Dressings Made Last Month Attendance Picked Up, And A Corresponding Improvement Was Noted In Production Of Surgical Dressings Some improvement in attendance and a resulting increase in dressings made was shown here at the Surgical Dressings workroom during the month of January. Sixty women, as compared with thirty-nine in December, worked a total of five hundred and thirty eight to make eight thousand, five hundred and ninety dressings Only a few over four thousand dressings were made during the (Continued on page 4) POR' In A Good Con Wednesday, February 3, Commissioners In Regular Meeting I Here This Week Board Fails To Take Definite Action On Letter Headed "Wilmington" That They Were Asked To Sign MOVING OFFICE DISCUSSED AGAIN Other Time Devoted To Settlement Of Tax Matters And Adjustments For Relief Clients Members of the board of county commissioners discussed Monday a letter that had been prepared for them to sign, containing a request that Representative W. J. McLamb and Senator J. W. Ruark sponsor a bill that would permit the removal of the Welfare office from Southport to some point on U. S. No. 17 between Bolivia and Shallotte, the , site to be left to the discretion of members of the welfare board. From the face of the letter it val Training scnooi, lowa suite in College, Ames, Iowa, and has [ N been selected for advanced train- ,al ing in the Navy. During his six- jr teen weeks there he will be given jc a special course to prepare him f< for the rating of electrician's mate. Upon completing the course ai he will be qualified to use all elec- j b< trical tools and do any kind of ni electrical work and be of great m value to the navy. The course will tr also be of great worth to him up- si on his return to civilian life. si His friends in Brunswick coun- ti (Continued On Page Four) Soldier Makes I Need Of Bk A letter received here this 1 week from an army officer who i is now awaiting at a port of 1 embarkation in the east, ex- i pressed surprise and dissatis- j faction at the attitude of the ,? civilian population with an in- ( different response to the need t of blood donations to the blood < plasma bank. i The letter was a personal t one, not intended for publica- < tion; hence the name of the i officer is not being divulged. i His remarks, deals with a very i public matter, and a duty to those who are not in service. \ Parts of the letter are being ap- i pended: i "It seems to us men here in ] camp that in some places the i Red Cross is having trouble in i getting much needed blood donated to the plasma banks by I the strong and healthy civilians I who are remaining at home. 1 "I've talked to quite a few I other service men who have 1 been in the thick of trouble. i They say it is a mighty fine . | sen, u wouia appear mar 11 was 'prepared by some interested party in Wilmington, since it bore the name of that city in the heading instead of the customary "Southport, N. C." No final action was taken on this matter, and no minute was made; although considerable time was devoted to this discussion. The welfare board recommended a raise in the salary of Mrs. Maude Phelps, case worker, from $105.00 per month to $115.00 per month. This was approved by the commissioners. In other matters pertaining to the welfare department Jefferson S. Johnson was raised from $8.00 to $12.00 per month in said to the blind payments; James Bryant from $8.00 to $10.00 per month for aid to the blind; George H. Green from $3.00 to $5.00 per month for general relief; and provision was made for the removal of Mrs. Arrald Hewett to the county farm, her husband to move to the same place and help with the farm work. The commissioners made provision for providing for her treatment. Mayor John Eriksen and Alderman R. L. Thompson appeared before the board and reported that the power line serving the county home is in bad repair. The county attorney was instructed to determine the responsibility of the county in this matter. The board passed an order that j T. E. Cooper be paid the sum of [ $200.00, balance in a mule trade, the new mule to be used on the county farm. ! A. W. Perry recommended to ; the board that the Register of 1 Deeds issue to Asa Ballard, of Leland, a license to sell beer. This was done. Most of the other time was ' taken up with tax matters. A ' valuation of $600.00 was set on ? land purchased by Henry James 1 and wife from Heston James. The sum of $80.00 was accepted in ' partial payment on the Henry Bell land taxes, another substan tial payment to be made in the ' fall; the Standard Oil Company was released of $2,500.00 valuar tion in Smithville township; it was ordered that the D. E. Piver i estate be forclosed and sold for ' delinquent taxes; taxation on the 1 W. L. Inn man estate was relieved of a 15- acre tract that has been ! sold; W. A. Mintz was allowed 1 certain other adjustments in connection with this matter; it was ordered that the house and lot purchased by E. J. Prevatte be segregated from the Hewett pro> pcrty and listed scperately; Capt. J. B. Church was given permission to list the Lura B. Church lot at $500.00. Another Cage Thriller Here Coast Guard Quint Bows To Navy Officers In Fast Contest Monday Night At Southport Gym Led by the tall, speedy and ambidextrious Dewey, the basket ball tear.: of the Oak Island Coast Guard station appeared set to take the measure of the Naval Base officers team In a fiercely contested game here Monday night. With Dewey receiving wonderful support, the quarter saw the Guardsmen with a two point lead. By the half they had raised the lead to four points. They started out the same way on the second half and held their lead until the midway of the quarter when a hot Navy combination of Getzen - Elser, timed by Klock, got going, worked up and tied the score. A (Continued on page 4) T PIL imunity 1943 publisj Freeland Boy S On Three Ot Lloyd Stacy McKeithan Has ! Torpedoman In U. S. FI Must Be As the gigantic naval battle . I rages in the Solomon Islands area of the Pacific between the Japs and the U. S. fleet there i is one boy on a 15-day leave | in Brunswick county who knows I l just what his buddies are going i through. i He is Lloyd Stacy Mc- i Keithan, of Freeland, and since ' the Japs struck at Pearl Har- , bor on December 7, 1943, he has ; seen service as a torpedoman, < first class, on three oceans, the j ; Pacific, the Indian and the Atlantic. Stationed at the Asiatic base at the outbreak of hostilities, McKeithan was in the thick of several of the hottest engagements during the early months of the war. On November 8, 1942, he was a member of the crew of one of the boats participating in the North African Rationing Prog Brings 1 '? * | 1 C I - i j 11 if ??outnport lvian Gets Promotion Lt. (j.g.) S. B. Frink, U. S. J, Coast Guard, has received notice of his promotion to the rank of full lieutenant, effective Jan- ~ uary X, 1943. Lt. Frink entered the service last summer and has since been assigned to the office of the Captain of the Port of Wilmington. Last week he received commendation for his efforts in the rescue of several army ti pilots after they had bailed out n of their planes during a storm several weeks ago. n Frink is a native of BransCi wick county, and was a prominent attorney before entering the tl service of his country. He also e served in World War No. I. y Winnabow Boy Is Making Good jjj ii Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Floyd Hickman Is Making Good Record In Naval Train- b ing School ~~v, George Caswell Hickman, son p of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hickman, n. of Winnabow, who graduated from vi Bolivia high school in the class p 1942, entered the Naval Training jyi Station at Great Lakes, 111., lastjol November and has received high ti honores while there taking his t< basic training. ir He is now stationed at the Na ,0T ? iED EVERY WEDNESDA ees Action :eans Already Seen Plenty Of Action As leet; Says That Japs Killed invasion. "There's no compromising with a Jap," young McKeithan declared here this week. "We've got to kill 'em. They've been taught all their lives that the most honorable thing they can do is to die for their country; and the sooner we can help 'em do it the sooner this war will be over." McKeithan said that Uncle Sam is well-heeled for trouble now, and that he won't be taken by surprise any more. There's plenty of fighting to be done, he thinks, but he believes the United States has the men to do it. McKeithan has been in the navy for four and one-half years and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McKeithan, of Freeland. ram Still t? Hpadarhps >VL/ JLIhief Among Them This Week Is Tightening Up Of Fuel Oil Regulations. Calling For All Possible Conversion IEW SUGAR STAMP IS NOW IN USE 'ire Program Has Made Certificates More Available, But There Is A Shortage Of Grade III Tires Biggest headache in the ra ioning program this week is thi ecessity for many persons t( ' rfvert their heating arrange lents from fuel oil to wood 01 oal. This job is complicated bj de fact that very few new stov s are available, and by the fad nat certain types of fuel oil al >tments are being recalled bj IPA officials in Raleigh. The most logical answer seems > be to convert if possible as uickly as possible ? even if il s necessary to sacrifice a little 1 comfort and convenience. No. 11 sugar stamps became alid on Monday and is good fos le purchase of 3-pounds of sugai etween now and March 15. Coffee consumers save one more eek with stamp No. 28 in Was ation Book No. 1. Beginning ext week stamp No. 25 becomes alid for the purchase of one ound of coffee. No provision has st been made for the validation f stamp No. 28 where the raon book holder has been unable imn If K??f fhnro mav hp lfttoi r UOV IV, l/UV MIV?W ?"?J ?- ? [formation on the subject Latest advices regarding the 'gistration for War Ration Book o. 2 is that this will be done bout the first of March. The tachinery for taking care of this ib will be set up during the next iw days. Although the quota is not exstly unlimited as yet, ration lard members state that it is jw permissible to secure a perlit for having a spare tire re'eaded; and particular care lould be shown to have any posble retreading done before the re carcass has been too badly (Continued on page 4) Appeal For >od Donations .hing to see the Medico's giving i young fellow, who is someiody, husband or sweetheart, a lew lease on life with a shot of ilasma. The need of such things ire happening hundreds of times )f times each day and will coninue to happen. The time will :ome when the need will run nto many thousands of pints laily, and many a son, husband >r brother will be saved to live ind return home, if only there s blood enough for transfurions. "You fellows back at home vho are giving your blood are lot really giving anything. You ire just making a very small layment on a debt that very 'ew of you will ever be able to lay in full. "There is a certain prison in Jiia State (Mass.) where the response to calls for blood dona Jons are in remarkable contract ? the response being made by jy the free and independent civilians, many of whom are mak(Continued on page 4) Most Of The News All The Time t $1.50 PER YEA! Bank Practically Has Doubled Its Deposits In Year J. N. Coburn Reports To The Stockholders Of The Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. That Deposits Have Increased Nearly 100 Per Cent COUNCIL CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT AGAIN Other Officers Are Elected At Meeting Of Directors Which Followed The Stockholders Meeting A splendid report on the advanced of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Company during the past year was made by J. N. Coburn, secretary, at the annual meeting of stockholders held there last Friday atternoon beginning at 2:30 o'clock. The meetnig was presided over ' by K. C. Council, of Wananish, president, and Mr. Coburn served as secretary. At the meeting the following were elected to the board of directors: K. Clyde Council, Dr. R. i C. Sadler, J. S. Bowers, Glenn F. Strole, C. L. Tate, J. N. Coburn, and W. B. Lennon. ( Following the meeting of ( stockholders, the directors met and re-elected K. Clyde Council | as president. Dr. Sadler and Mr. ' Strole were re-elected vice-presidents, and C. L. Tate who is in charge of the Chadbourn branch, was elevated to vice-president, . having been previously cashier of the Chadbourn branch. J. N. Coi burn was re-elected executive vice president, and secretary of the corporation, and cashier of the Whiteville bank. L. V. Lowe was promoted from assistant cashier to cashier of the Chadbourn branch filling the , place vacated by Mr. Tate's apJ pointment as vice-president Mrs. Blanche Potts was also elected assistant secretary to the r corporation, and assistant cashier r of the Whiteville office. Mrs. . Helen K. Lewis and Mrs. W. F. t Dyer were promoted to assistant cashiers of the Whiteville office. All other officers of the other ' branches were re-elected.. In his report to the stockholdJ ers, Mr. Boburn was able to re5 veal that deposits of the Wacca1 maw Bank & Trust Company dur! ing the past year have practically doubled, having increased some ' $4,968,634.15. "There were many factors contributing to this in" crease in our deposits as compared with our statement a year ' ago" Mr. Coburn said in his report," but as you are already ' familiar with these causes I will ' not take your time to review ! them here. All our branches cn' joyed a large volume of business 1 throughout the year, and turned ' in a nice operating profit. !l Mr. Coburn continued: "Our in stitution has endeavored to live up to it's full responsibility by 1 assisting in our war effort, and ; has cooperated in the national , 1 program of "More Food for Free- ) ; dom." The sale of war bonds in \ 1 all our offices from May 1, 1941 * , to November 20, 1942 was approximately 17 per cent of our total deposits as of June 30, 1942. \ This was done without compen1 sation or expense to the Treasury Department. No doubt, we will be , called upon to intensify our effort in this direction, and along other , lines identified with the prosecu. tion of the war. New Officers Are Installed Members Of Woman's Division Of Christian Service Installed In Impressive Ceremony On Sunday Evening At an impressive service on Sunday night, the new officers of the Woman's Division of Christian Service were installed. The service was held during the regular church hour and was led by the pastor, the Rev. R. S. Harrelson. The program included short talks by the outgoing president, Mrs. Harold St. George, and the new president, Mrs. H. H. Thornas. Antinhonnl rp?riin